Polish charities and NGOs that support disabled children have for years been urging the government to develop a state-supported comprehensive welfare system. Instead, currently, the wide range of therapies for developmental and learning disabilities are offered by 5,356 NGOs, because the scope of services reimbursed by Poland’s National Health Fund is either inadequate for the needs or inaccessible. These charities are also assisting families with disabled children in collecting funds for medical treatment.

Article by Rick Lyman: WARSAW — Volodymyr Zelenyuk knew it was time to bolt when the pro-Russian separatists came to the carwash he owned in the eastern Ukrainian coal town of Antratsyt and demanded his help making and repairing weapons. “Either you help them, or you die,” Mr. Zelenyuk, 28, said. So he grabbed his wife, their passports, two backpacks […]

During nearly a year of conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine, neighbouring Poland has received less than 3,000 of the 674,000 Ukrainians that have fled the country.

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